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Namecheap ups its prices 9% for .com and .xyz this fall. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by nik282000@lemmy.ml to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Having just jumped from Google to Nameheap this is more than mildly frustrating.

edit: apparently this is the result of Verisign putting up their wholesale prices

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[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 35 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I believe they are seeing higher prices for those domains so they are passing it along. Email I received from Namecheap.com:

We partner with many registries to bring you a wide range of top-level domains, but occasionally their prices increase, which means we need to increase our prices too.

On September 1, 2023, the domains registry for .COM and .XYZ will implement universal price increases of up to 9% for .COM renewals, and up to 9% for .XYZ renewals, registrations, and transfers.

If you want to take advantage of the current price tag, renew your .COM and renew, register, or transfer your .XYZ domains before September 1, 2023.

It always puzzles me when technology gets more expensive. Processors and storage are cheaper, why does it cost more for them to have a database entry for a domain that's updated every X years?

[–] Unaware7013@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago

Because capitalism means that you always have to keep making more money year over year even if you're not doing anything more than you ever were. So sometimes the only way to do it is to squeeze your customers even harder.

[–] Uvine_Umbra@partizle.com 2 points 2 years ago

Fees, random support networks with people from Poland to Paraná, and whatever else of an enigma of a mess agency qualm qualm demands I swear...